Bank Equities Short Interest Highlights
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Published January 5, 2000 |
Institution | Shares Sold Short as of 12/15/1999 | Unit Chg. From 11/15/1999 | Pct. Chg. From 11/15/1999 | Avg. Daily Trading Volume | Days to Cover* |
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Advanta Corp. Class A | 3,742,794 | 17,993 | 0.5% | 114,741 | 32.6 |
Associated Banc-Corp. | 621,289 | 155,563 | 33.4 | 207,363 | 3.0 |
Astoria Financial Corp. | 1,188,595 | 25,852 | 2.2 | 507,802 | 2.3 |
Bank Plus Corp. | 552,434 | -364,250 | -39.7 | 143,511 | 3.8 |
Bank United Corp. | 1,193,237 | 28,280 | 2.4 | 1,164,957 | 1.0 |
Bridge View Bancorp | 16,000 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,000 | 8.0 |
Charter One Financial Inc. | 506,000 | -242,148 | -32.4 | 907,000 | 0.6 |
Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 3,553,035 | 388,469 | 12.3 | 351,799 | 10.1 |
Compass Bancshares Inc. | 589,199 | 51,265 | 9.5 | 284,639 | 2.1 |
Credit Acceptance Corp. | 1,138,735 | -141,003 | -11.0 | 74,018 | 15.4 |
Fifth Third Bancorp | 3,713,161 | -55,473 | -1.5 | 875,410 | 4.2 |
First Sentinel Bancorp | 341,407 | 235,686 | 222.9 | 96,544 | 3.5 |
First Sierra Financial | 474,106 | 48,478 | 11.4 | 232,365 | 2.0 |
Huntington Bancshares Inc. | 1,606,595 | -37,886 | -2.3 | 425,157 | 3.8 |
Imperial Credit Industries | 517,757 | -88,641 | -14.6 | 131,118 | 3.9 |
Keystone Financial Inc. | 322,352 | -46,245 | -12.6 | 91,422 | 3.5 |
Marshall & Ilsley Corp. | 667,000 | 79,000 | 13.4 | 148,000 | 4.5 |
MidAmerican Bancorp | 13,000 | -2,000 | -13.3 | 11,000 | 1.2 |
MidSouth Bancorp Inc. | 21,000 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,000 | 21.0 |
Northern Trust Corp. | 3,412,250 | 661,394 | 24.0 | 904,086 | 3.8 |
PAB BancShares Inc. | 9,000 | -2,000 | -18.2 | 2,000 | 4.5 |
Peoples Bank | 515,920 | 131,304 | 34.1 | 349,024 | 1.5 |
Peoples Heritage Finan. Gr | 3,467,842 | 20,273 | 0.6 | 349,024 | 9.9 |
Provident Financial Group | 1,425,726 | 195,767 | 15.9 | 82,608 | 17.3 |
Queens County Bancorp | 621,492 | -9,381 | -1.5 | 52,357 | 11.9 |
Regions Financial Corp. | 1,257,290 | -195,145 | -13.4 | 533,160 | 2.4 |
Republic Security Financial | 319,030 | 91,030 | 39.9 | 277,261 | 1.2 |
Richmond County Financial | 700,690 | 128,838 | 22.5 | 84,879 | 8.3 |
Roslyn Bancorp Inc. | 1,040,071 | 740,722 | 247.4 | 395,687 | 2.6 |
SKY Financial Corp. | 234,000 | 70 | 0.0 | 110,000 | 2.1 |
SouthTrust Corp. | 943,272 | 21,557 | 2.3 | 490,103 | 1.9 |
Sovereign Bancorp Inc. | 11,401,981 | -1,042,071 | -8.4 | 2,644,673 | 4.3 |
Susquehanna Bancshares | 243,000 | -349 | -0.1 | 48,000 | 5.1 |
TrustCo Bank Corp. NY | 528,066 | 123,509 | 30.5 | 69,615 | 7.6 |
United Bankshares, Inc. | 164,000 | -63,000 | -27.8 | 53,000 | 3.1 |
Webster Financial Corp. | 1,068,095 | -708,853 | -39.9 | 264,614 | 4.0 |
Westamerica Bancorp | 483,552 | -118,331 | -19.7 | 131,060 | 3.7 |
WFS Financial Inc. | 198,000 | -66,000 | -25.0 | 15,000 | 13.2 |
Zions Bancorporation | 4,057,169 | 858,204 | 26.8 | 546,139 | 7.4 |
Bank-Related Totals | 52,868,142 | 820,478 | 1.58% | 13,172,136 | 4.0 |
Nasdaq Exchange Totals | 2,363,795,218 | 49,301,236 | 2.10% | 1,418,006,000 | 1.7 |
AMEX Exchange Totals | 165,798,544 | -8,799,769 | -5.00% | 34,032,000 | 4.9 |
Table limited to issues shorted at least 10,000 shares at either current or prior settlement date. - AMEX listing. * Number of days to cover short interest, assuming average daily trading volume holdsconstant and that all volume is used in settlement of short positions. Start - Rise from a prior base of zero. Clear - Prior short position falls to zero. New - Listed since last settlement date.
S - Figures adjusted for stock split or dividend. R - Prior figures revised. (s) Stock split or dividend in current month only. (r) previous month revised. (n) New York Stock Exchange. (q) Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Compiled byAmerican Banker. Sources: New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and ILX Systems Inc.American Banker © 2000